Tambopata Tours in Peru

We will start in the morning time and pick you up from your hotel, we will have 1 hour by minivan. The first part of the journey will be by the highway, and the second part will be by dirt route until we get to the Tambopata River, near the limit to the reserve. Our boat will be waiting for us to take us 25 minutes up the Tambopata river to get to our Lodge near Chuncho Clay Lick, we will have good chances to spot capybaras and many shorebirds along the riverbank. Getting to the lodge we will get a welcome drink and the manager will explain to us all we need to know about our lodge and its around.

After lunch, we will go for an introductory walk first in a secondary growth forest and then in a primary forest full of huge trees and lianas and vines. At the same time, we will talk about the most important economic activities in this region. Chances to spot some Brown capuchin monkeys and squirrel monkeys will be more than possible.

When it is getting dark we will come back to our lodge to get our torches and go to our boat and we will do one of the most exciting activities… it will be the Caiman spotting, we will go to look for White and Black Caimans along the river bank with a big spotlight, we might see more capybaras and we always have good chances to spot and ocelot or a jaguar by the river too.

We will wake up around 5:00 am, we will get a hot drink to get some energy and we will take our boat up the Tambopata for 1 hour and 30 minutes to get to Chuncho Clay Lick. Crossing the checkpoint. We will have all the sunrise just for us in the boat, and we will have really good chances to spot shorebirds, capybaras, White caimans, and why not mention … the jaguar or anacondas. Chances are slim but not impossible, if lucky, we have a 20 % of probabilities to see one of these guys by the river bank. Getting to our destination, we will get a show at the Chuncho Clay Lick, parrots and macaws Green, red, blue, and yellow birds all around us, flying and making loud noises, it will be spectacular this behavior of these birds. We will explain to you the reason why every day all year round these birds go to the Chuncho Clay Lick, a cliff at the river edge to eat clay. We will spend from 6:30 am to 11:00 am approx. Our breakfast will be in front of the Chuncho Clay Lick. At the end of this activity, on our way downriver to the l,odge we will make a short stop at the checkpoint to learn more about the small museum that there is here, after this, we will continue toward our lodge to get unforgettable swimming in the stream or maybe in the Tambopata River. We will get our lunch and then we will go for a walk to know more about the most important things about the medicinal plants. The quinine is “good for malaria”, the cat's claw, the dragon's blood, and the AYAHUASCA “the master plant for the shamans”. These are only a few plants that we will find during this interesting walk just in the back of our lodge, in the real jungle. We will go back to our lodge and then at night before dinner or after dinner we will have a short night walk, the sounds at night, the insects, spiders, tarantulas, frogs, and maybe snakes will make this night hike something difficult to forget.

We will wake up with the sounds of the birds and probably howler monkeys. Have breakfast and then we will go 30 minutes down the river to go for a fishing morning at the Gato stream. They are always hungry piranhas waiting for some meat we use as bate. The walk to get to the fishing spots, the big trees, and some of the monkeys always around will be part of this activity. The stream is a really good place to swim too after we catch some piranhas, it is an unforgettable experience. We will short walk to explain to you a little bit about the local farm. In the afternoon, we will walk to the mammal clay lick. We will probably have better chances to find howler monkeys, deer, wild pigs, and some other mammals feeding in this place. At the same time, we will explain to you the different techniques about the hunting ways that exist in this area. At night, right after dinner, we can go to the river bank and make a fire pit to talk about our time in the jungle. Maybe respond to some of the questions that you might have. If you want, your guide can tell you local stories about the Tambopata Jungle.

We will wake up the same as the day before, and have our breakfast on time. Prepare a packed box lunch for the boat. We will arrive at Puerto Maldonado in the morning time for the return journey.